Recaps

Kirara challenged Mana to become the brightest person in Ash’s heart, prompting other Pretty Cure to consider competing for his affection. Meanwhile, Ash enjoyed lap pillows from Haruka and Kirara, who seemed to be acting out of newfound rivalry.

• Kirara told Mana she loved Ash just as much and challenged her to win the position of No. 1 in his heart.
• Yuri, Miyuki, Megumi, and the other Pretty Cure reacted to Kirara’s challenge, while Mana accepted it.
• Ash interrupted Haruka’s gardening discussion with Rei and asked Haruka for a lap pillow.
• Kirara joined Haruka in offering Ash a lap pillow and asked him to compare their thighs.
• Ash questioned Kirara about whether she had started a new game after noticing her unusual competitiveness.

Kirara tried to make Ash fall for her by competing with the other Precure, but Yuri and then Megumi and Kohime stole his attention with their own displays. Kirara’s efforts left her outmaneuvered as the others drew closer to Ash.

• Kirara declared war on Mana over who Ash liked most and decided to win him over with her charm.
• Kirara baked doughnuts to spend time with Ash, but Yuri brought him Mars Coffee first and invited him to her room in a maid outfit.
• Kirara changed her makeup, hairstyle, and clothes, then asked Ash whether he liked her new look.
• Megumi and Kohime showed off outfits based on Light Cards Ashu had given them, and Ash became captivated by their animal-themed appearances.
• Megumi and Kohime offered to become any kind of animal or any Pretty Cure Ash liked, while Kirara watched her attempt to win him over backfire.

Ash spent time with Megumi, Snow White, and Miyuki while Kirara’s attempt to get closer to him went badly, and Haruka interrupted their playful scene. Ash then reflected that he had been distracted by the Pretty Cures and resolved that this could not continue, though he ended by admitting he was dazzled by all of them.

• Ash playfully teased Megumi and Snow White, and Megumi fed him a piece of her edible chocolate hat.
• Kirara entered Ash’s room to investigate and hid under his bed when she heard him approaching.
• Ash found Miyuki cocooned in his bedding, and she explained that she was warming his bed for him.
• Ash tickled Miyuki, but Haruka walked in, misunderstood the scene, and left while Miyuki ran after her.
• Kirara crawled out from beneath the bed and lamented her failed attempt to get closer to Ash.
• Ash reflected on his stalled plans and his growing distraction by the Pretty Cures, then resolved to change before admitting he was dazzled by all of them.

Ash comforted Kirara as she admitted missing Towa, her mother, and her chance to shine as a model, then confessed that her rivalry with Mana had helped spark the girls’ fight over him. Kirara regained her resolve, kissed Ash, and declared that she acted directly on whatever she felt.

• Ash found Kirara alone on a balcony and asked what was troubling her.
• Kirara admitted that she missed Towa and her mother and longed to return to modeling, then broke down crying in Ash’s arms.
• Kirara explained that her declaration of war on Mana had prompted the other girls to compete for Ash.
• Ash reassured Kirara that she did not always have to shine or stay strong, and told her he valued seeing her vulnerable side.
• Kirara kissed Ash and declared that she never went back on her feelings or words.

Mana and Rikka failed to reach the gear above the heavens with their combined power, so Ash gathered the girls and showed them his restored underground base and preparations for the coming battle. The chapter left them with an expanded base, access granted to everyone, and Ash preparing resources for their allies.

• Kirara confessed that she would fight for Ash and kissed him, while Mana and Rikka agreed to work together for the person they loved.
• Mana and Rikka used their combined Love Power against the gear above the heavens but failed, and they wondered whether their attack lacked the full group’s strength.
• Ash invited the girls to the secret base, granted Haruka access, and told them he would not repeat his earlier mistake.
• Ash showed the girls the vast underground base he had restored with Creation Power, including production facilities and an aircraft assembly line.
• Ash explained that he was preparing resources for their companions and urged the girls to trust him and think ahead for the coming battle.

Ash showed the Pretty Cure his underground base and used its dimensional observatory to reveal worlds devastated by Dust and the others. The group learned that Dark Echo could grant any wish by changing possibilities across the multiverse, and Ash concluded that his enemies were destroying worlds to create a new driver.

• Ash revealed his completed MechaGodzilla, and Kohime, Miyuki, Mana, and Yuri gathered around it excitedly.
• Ash explained that the Closed Gear was difficult to break from within and that Ashu remained in a deep, unresponsive sleep.
• Ash used the base’s dimensional observatory to show the girls their worlds, then revealed that many other worlds had become ruins.
• Ash said Dust and the others were collecting negative emotions from destroyed worlds while resistance forces continued fighting without their heroes.
• The observatory’s signal was cut off, and Ash explained that Dark Echo was neutral power that could alter possibilities across the multiverse and grant its holder’s wish.
• Ash agreed that the destroyed worlds were likely being used to recreate a new driver, which was needed to activate Dark Echo.

Ash declared that his goal was to make every world a place where good was rewarded, then realized the Hundred Worlds’ enemies might have left him clues to escape their trap. The chapter ended with Ash exposing his chest before the Pretty Cure and identifying the colossal Beast of Light as the final obstacle.

• Ash told the girls that Dark Echo’s goal was to make every world wonderful, where good was rewarded with good.
• Aida Mana sang through MechaGodzilla’s speakers, knocking out nearly everyone nearby, while Hishikawa Rikka protected Ash’s ears.
• Mana explained that she had tried viewing things from Ash’s perspective, prompting Ash to reconsider the Hundred Worlds’ actions and infer that one of them had left him a clue.
• Ash concluded that the three enemies had come after him voluntarily the second time and that their actions pointed toward a way to break the Prison of Heaven.
• Facing the colossal Beast of Light, Ash tore open his jacket and announced that it was the final obstacle, shocking the girls.

Ash and the Pretty Cure tried to break the Closed Gear by combining their light with his darkness, but their signal drew the Supreme Angel instead. As the girls battled the enormous beast in space, Ash rushed to attack it and was annihilated by its Power of Destruction.

• Ash guessed that the attack that had knocked him unconscious planted a signal that could summon powerful allies, and he asked the Pretty Cure to strike him with their purifying powers.
• Their attacks loosened the Closed Gear, allowing Ash and the girls to escape into space, where they encountered a gigantic beast that focused on Ash.
• The Pretty Cure transformed and charged the beast while Ash summoned buildings as cover, but their attacks barely affected it.
• The beast was revealed as the Supreme Angel, who recognized Ash and became intrigued by him and the unusually powerful Pretty Cure.
• Ash used Darkness Boost Time and charged the Supreme Angel, but its Power of Destruction disintegrated his swords and then annihilated him.

Ash and the Pretty Cures defeated Supreme Angel by breaking the Closed Gear and trapping her in Gourmet Domain, but a mysterious flash of light knocked everyone unconscious. Supreme Angel awoke alone in the food-filled domain, discovered that she was bleeding, and began to question her defeat.

• Ash used Cross Geats Victory to redirect Supreme Angel’s destructive beam and shatter the Closed Gear, then was badly injured by her counterattack.
• Ash hurled Megumi toward Supreme Angel, and Megumi transformed and trapped the giant beast inside Gourmet Domain.
• Mana caught Ash as he healed, and he explained that he and Megumi had planned to exploit Supreme Angel’s weakened moment with help from the other Pretty Cures.
• Ash found the parallel-world observer restored and announced that the connection to the Other Universe had returned, but a strange sound preceded a flash of light that knocked everyone unconscious.
• Supreme Angel appeared in human form inside Gourmet Domain, wondered how she could have lost despite her superior power, and discovered that the taste in her mouth was her own blood.

After Ash woke among the ruins with Cure Rosetta and Cure Honey, he confessed that he liked them, only for Arisu to produce marriage certificates and Yuko to eagerly join in. The two began discussing Ash’s other admirers and their future together, leaving him overwhelmed and asking what he wanted.

• Ash woke in the ruins and greeted Yotsuba Arisu and Omori Yuko, who offered him a rice ball.
• After eating, Ash told Arisu and Yuko that he liked them.
• Arisu presented Ash with a pre-stamped marriage certificate and revealed she had prepared certificates for Mana and the others as well.
• Yuko accepted a certificate of her own and said she had once proposed to Ash.
• Arisu and Yuko discussed Ash’s admirers and their plans to live harmoniously together, until Ash stopped them and asked what about his opinion.

Ashu reunited with Arisu and Yuko in a ruined world and learned how they had reached him aboard the ToQ Train. He discovered that overlapping worlds had scattered their friends, then prepared to travel between them with Arisu and Yuko to search for everyone.

• Ashu signed Arisu's marriage certificate and promised Yuko he would make up for his mistakes toward Megumi and the others.
• Arisu and Yuko recounted how Aguri's tickets and the ToQ Train had brought them to Ashu's world before the train crashed.
• Ashu found the wrecked ToQ Train and learned that the worlds had overlapped, scattering their friends across different worlds.
• Ashu mourned the ruined robot outside and entered likely world coordinates into the train's controls.
• Arisu and Yuko agreed to join Ashu in searching for their separated companions and helping save the world.

Ash returned to 2055 after the worlds’ crisis and reunited with Haruka and Kirara, who had protected his home while he was gone. He told them about the others and asked them to keep lending him their strength, and they accepted his hand.

• Ash returned to his home in 2055, where Haruka nearly struck him with the Demon Emperor Sword after mistaking him for an intruder.
• Kirara revealed that Haruka had called Ash’s name in her sleep during the three days he was gone, and Haruka admitted she had missed him.
• Ash thanked Haruka for protecting his home and gently patted her head, leaving her flustered.
• Ash told Haruka and Kirara about the other girls and their past connections with him, prompting the two to tease him about his romantic entanglements.
• Ash declared his feelings for Haruka and Kirara, then asked them to lend him their strength to protect everyone they loved.
• Haruka and Kirara reached for Ash’s hand, ready to continue fighting beside him.

Haruka and Ash explored the ruined world and discovered that Baijie had trapped its people in stasis to generate Dark Echo. After Pal revealed how Ultraman Light had defeated Gaia and Aguru, Ash learned something that could change their plans, while Jiashi arrived to hunt the intruders and was ambushed by Ash and Haruka.

• Haruka and Ash found Fighter EX in the ruins, and Ash repaired it and awakened its AI, Pal.
• Haruka saw the people frozen in their final moments, and Ash realized Baijie was keeping them alive to produce Dark Echo.
• Ash used Pal's stored footage to learn that Ultraman Light had turned Gaia and Aguru into Spark Dolls with the Dark Spark.
• Pal showed Ash a noteworthy discovery, and Ash reacted with a calculating smile.
• Dast sent Jiashi and Baijie's vassal robots to investigate the anomaly and hunt the intruders.
• Ash and Haruka ambushed Jiashi's group, with Haruka cutting one vassal in two and Ash overpowering several others.

Ash and Cure Flora battled Kōji, discovering that he was the brainwashed Tezuka and that his Regad Ω form could manipulate time. Just as they launched their finishing attacks, Kōji rewound them and struck Haruka, leaving her injured.

• Ash and Haruka cut through Kōji’s retainers, while Ash explained that Light had stopped Dast from destroying the planet.
• Ash recognized the masked Kōji as Tezuka, a former ally who had been brainwashed and transformed into Regad Ω.
• Kōji fought Ash and Haruka with enhanced strength, but they restrained him and countered his attacks together.
• Regad Ω unleashed a laser barrage powered by the consciousness of future viewers, but Ash and Haruka deflected the beams and scattered the cameras.
• Ash and Haruka launched their finishing moves, but Kōji used Reverse to rewind the attacks and caught Haruka off guard with a series of strikes.

Ash and his allies defeated Kouji’s Regad Ω after Haruka’s belief restored Ash’s strength and Snow White and Megumi joined the fight. Kouji’s heroic instincts led him to protect trapped children before Ash knocked him unconscious, while Lord Colour chose to leave Kouji alone.

• Kouji’s Regad Ω absorbed Ash’s Creation Power and overwhelmed him until Haruka returned and believed in him, restoring his strength.
• Snow White struck Kouji as he attacked Haruka, and Megumi defeated him with a powerful heart-shaped blast.
• Megumi and Snow White reunited with Ash and explained how they had survived after being separated.
• Kouji tried to escape, but he instinctively shielded children from falling rubble, allowing Ash to knock him unconscious with a Light Power bat.
• Lord Colour learned that Kouji’s thought control was failing and ordered his subordinate to leave him alone.

Ash freed Fujimiya from brainwashing and learned the Hundred Worlds had erased his memories, while Fujimiya chose to defend his own planet. An Ultra Sign later revealed that the Hundred Worlds had ordered Ashu captured alive and the System targeted, and Ashu began moving in her sleep as Ash left to join the others.

• The Precure purified Fujimiya, who woke without remembering Ash, Tezuka, or his time as Kabuto and identified himself as Ultraman Aguru.
• Ash learned that Fujimiya remembered neither his actions under brainwashing nor what had happened to Gamu, and Fujimiya vowed to fight the Hundred Worlds to protect his planet.
• Ash introduced the Precure as his girlfriends and invited Fujimiya to join him, but Fujimiya chose to stay and promised to watch for outsiders and send a message if trouble arose.
• Ash deciphered an Ultra Sign reporting that a girl matching his description had been seen in another world, along with orders to capture Ashu alive and execute the System on sight.
• Ash questioned why Ashu was a top target and visited her as she slept; when he tried to leave, she clasped his hand and murmured, "Don't go..."

Mana and Rikka defeated Yi Shi while Ash arrived too late to help, then Ash met Decker and learned he had heard the enemy mention Ashu. When Ashu woke and called Ash her father, Mana and the others assumed she was joking.

• Mana and Rikka coordinated their attacks to defeat Yi Shi, and Ash praised Rikka for her timing.
• Ash removed the defeated fighter's helmet, mistakenly guessed his identity several times, and learned that he was Decker Asumi.
• Decker told Ash that a powerful enemy had pursued him from the past and attacked the Ultraman warriors protecting the Eternal Core.
• Ash learned from Decker that the enemy had discussed Ashu's name, then returned home after Kirara reported that Ashu had woken up.
• Ashu greeted the group and asked where her father had gone, leaving Mana and the others stunned before Mana decided she was playing a prank.

Ashu’s restored, gentle personality made her call Ash “Father” and offer to help him, but Ash struggled to treat her as someone he knew. After Haruka urged him to be kinder, Ash realized Ashu might have overheard their conversation and discovered she had been near the curtain.

• Ashu thanked the Pretty Cure for their praise, and Megumi tried to challenge her, but Ashu asked them to show mercy to Ash afterward.
• Ash ordered Ashu to stop calling him Father and return to her room, then explained that her original personality settings had been restored.
• Ash told Haruka that he could not feel a bond with Ashu and found her sudden trust and use of “Father” unsettling.
• Haruka urged Ash to be gentler with Ashu, who genuinely trusted him and wanted to help.
• Ash noticed someone had recently been behind the curtain and suspected Ashu had overheard them.

Primum befriended Ashu and secretly pushed her toward conflict with Ash’s other companions, hoping to provoke Ash’s full strength. As Primum trained Ashu over the following days, she struggled to understand love and why Ashu wanted to become her father’s strength.

• Ashu met Primum, who introduced herself as Cure Supreme and accepted Ashu’s request to become friends.
• Primum trained Ashu in secret, while Ashu said she wanted to regain her strength and help Ash.
• Ash conceded to Haruka that he should say something kind to Ashu, but a cabinet draft revealed marriage certificate files to the Princess of Flowers and others.
• Primum arranged for Ash’s companions to discover the certificates, expecting jealousy and a fight, but one woman blushed and left instead.
• After days of training, Primum asked Ashu why she wanted to help Ash and whether love could make people stronger.

Ash found Rei and the others’ traces and prepared to leave with Haruka and the Precure, while promising Haruka he would survive the Hundred Worlds conflict and marry her afterward. Back at home, Mana tried to help Ashu grow closer to Ash and earn his approval.

• Ash explained that his adjusted device had located a trace of Rei and the others, and the group discussed the Hundred Worlds and Dark Trigger.
• Ash asked Haruka to leave Ashu playing with her new friends, then explained why he had not made a marriage promise and vowed to survive the conflict before marrying her.
• Mana and Rikka stayed behind to protect Ash’s home while Ash departed with the others.
• Ashu returned and addressed Mana and Rikka formally, worrying that Ash might not accept her as his daughter.
• Mana offered to help Ashu get along with Ash, and Ashu eagerly asked her how to earn his approval.

Primum questioned what love meant and recruited Emotion World to help her understand it, while Ash searched for his scattered companions. Ash reached the Pretty Cure as they faced Dark Trigger, and the group rallied to fight back.

• Mana tried to persuade Ashu to call her Mother, but Ashu backed away, leaving Primum to watch their family interaction.
• Primum wondered whether love mattered more than fighting, then summoned the captured villains and asked who could stir up love; Emotion World volunteered to handle emotions.
• Ash searched for his missing companions with Megumi, encountered a strange twin-tailed girl who pointed him toward them, and hurried off as the Supreme Angel watched.
• Dark Trigger attacked the Smile and HeartCatch Pretty Cure, defeating Reika and Yuri and trapping them in a cage while Miyuki and Rei tried to escape.
• Ash arrived and braced himself beneath Dark Trigger's enormous foot, then four Pretty Cure joined him and overturned the giant.
• Megumi used Creation Power to restore Miyuki and the others as the group prepared to face Dark Trigger again.

Ash and the Pretty Cures fought Dark Trigger, but his giant form overwhelmed their attacks until Miyuki led everyone in transferring their power to Ash. Ash grew to nearly Dark Trigger’s size and began dodging his beams as he closed in for a counterattack.

• Miyuki explained that her group had tried to capture Bingshi for Ash, but Dark Trigger had defeated them and captured Reika and Yuri.
• Dark Trigger challenged Ash and the Pretty Cures, then countered their attacks with dark arrows and explosive lightning that knocked them down.
• The Pretty Cures attacked Dark Trigger in midair while Ash climbed his body and struck his Color Timer, but Dark Trigger’s lightning forced him away.
• Miyuki suggested that everyone send their power to Ash, and the Pretty Cures transferred their strength to him.
• Ash grew to giant size, matched Dark Trigger, and dodged his beams while rushing toward him.

Ash defeated Dark Trigger with help from Pretty Cure, who escaped the cage and strengthened him with their support. After the enemy transformed back into Bask, Ash recognized the old acquaintance, who hinted that he had joined the Hundred Worlds willingly rather than under threat.

• Reika and Yuri woke inside a dark cage, and Reika urged them to believe in Ash while they searched for a way to help.
• Ash gained strength from Pretty Cure, overpowered Dark Trigger, and evaded his beam after a red energy shot freed Reika and Yuri.
• Ash pinned Dark Trigger in a lake and forced him to surrender, then discovered he remained a fifty-meter-tall giant after the enemy transformed back.
• Miyuki suggested Bask might have been coerced into fighting them, but Bask tried to manipulate her into loosening his bonds.
• Ash warned Miyuki not to touch anything and recognized Bask as his old acquaintance.

Ash handed the captured Buster over to Decade while seeking information about the Hundred Worlds, then received a mysterious delivery addressed to him from Kale. Back at home, Mana and Rikka worried about Ashu as strange changes in relationships continued to affect the world.

• Ash turned Buster over to Decade and learned that Buster had no information about the Hundred Worlds' base or its prisoners.
• Yuri told Ash that the other captives had also been watched, raising the possibility that someone had secretly freed them.
• Momoi Taro delivered a package to Ash, had him sign for it, and vanished through a door in the air.
• Ash saw Kale's name listed as the sender on the delivery receipt and froze in shock.
• Mana and Rikka discussed Ashu's affection for Ash while cleaning his room and wondered about the recent rise in relationships.

Mana confronted Rikka about her feelings for Ash and urged her to stop denying them, while admitting she planned to pursue him herself. Meanwhile, Ash reunited with the Pretty Cures and prepared to inspect a mysterious package from Kale, then led the group away after spotting a couple making out outside.

• Mana pinned Rikka to the bed and challenged her claims that she only wanted to be Ash's friend.
• Mana reminded Rikka that Ash had invited her to spend time together and had admitted that he liked her.
• Mana said Ash was atoning for his past sins by giving them love, and declared that she intended to pursue him before the others did.
• Mana told Rikka she would share Ash with her, but warned that she would take Rikka's affection if Rikka refused to act.
• Ash stopped Snow White from opening the package Kale had sent and decided to examine it with equipment first.
• Megumi returned sneezing and complaining of a bad smell, and Ash covered a girl's eyes before taking the group through another exit after spotting a couple making out outside.